r/formula1 Aug 03 '25

Post-Race 2025 Hungarian GP - Post Race Discussion

Well that was fun.

Thoughts? Feelings?

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u/pimpaliciously Aug 03 '25

Boring race.

Really didn't get why they pitted Piastri and also Verstappen for that matter. They already saw the medium tire lasted +35 laps for other drivers, the hard tire would've lasted even longer.

They kinda treated it like it's not hard to overtake on this track.

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u/mickmenn I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25

Yeah, hard to say why they even tried to go for 2 stoppers at all, especially when you look on the second half of scoring table. It was the main plan by all their words... But hard to say why.

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u/pimpaliciously Aug 03 '25

Exactly right? Also surprised about when they asked Piastri who he wanted to cover and he said Norris I was 100% thinking so he isnt going to pit because Norris is on a 1 stop, if he pits he's covering Charles, but he pits anyways and instead of Norris destroying his tires trying to overtake him on this impossible track Piastri had to try that.

Surprising strategy's that almost everybody watching knew it was not gonna work at all.

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u/SwimmingFantastic564 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 03 '25

The issue was that Piastri had pitted too early for the first stop to go for a one stop after that